Casing for frangible vessels and cups therefor



APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, I917- Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

UNITED STATES":

PATENT OFF-ICE.

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Application filed. March 8,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE P; ALTENBERG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati in the county of Hamilton and State of hio, have,invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Casin for FrangibleVessels and Cups .There or, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of my invention to provide a plurality of.cups inconnection with a casing employed for protecting a frangible vessel,instanced as a vacuum-insulated vessel, the term cup beinghereinemployed in the broader sense of a serving dish, regardless of itsform or material, for use in connection with a bottle, which latter termis also herein employed in the broader sense of a container for thedrinkable or edible being served.

It is the object of my invention, further,

' to provide a nest of cups and novel positioning and securing means forthe same, and the invention will be further readily understood from thefollowing description and claims, and from the drawing, in which latter:j

Figure 1 is a side elevation exemplifying a vacuuminsulated bottleemploying my invention, partly broken awa and partly in axial section inthe-plane o the line 1-1 of Fig. 2. j

Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same in the plane of the line 22 ofFig. 1; and,

Fig. 3 is a view-similar to Fig. 1, partly, broken away, and showing myinvention applied to a slightly different form of cup.

The vessel is instanced as a vacuum-insulated vessel 11, comprising aninner wall 12, and an outer wall 13, said 'walls having avacuum-insulated space 14 between them, and being connected at the mouthof the vessel by an annular cross-seal, as shown at 15. This vessel is afrangible vessel, being usually made of glass. It is adapted to beclosed by a stopper 16.

A protecting casing is provided for the vessel, instanced as a casing 18of sheet metal, comprising a body portion 19 having .a bottom 20, and anupper portion 21, the upper portion and body portion being connected bymeans of threads 22 for drawing the upper portion and body portion onetoward the other.

I The casing is provided with a neck 25 comprising a threaded portion26, at the up- Speclflcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1920. 1917. senal No..153,784.

per endo'f which there is an inwardly extending annular shoulder 27,from which a reduced annular portion 28 extends upwardly, the upper endof this reduced annular portion being provided'with an inwardlyextending substantiall'y radial flange 29.

. A thimble 31 is received about the neck 32 of the vessel, and. isprovided with a flange 33 resting upon the breast 34 of the vessel, theupper end of the thimble being provided withnn outwardly bent flange 35received under the flange 29 of the neck-portion of the casing, andpreferably within the 4 inner face of the reduced annular portion 28 ofsaid neck of the casing. A cushion ring 36, instanced as a rubber ring,is received in the space between the neck of the vessel and said annularreduced portion of the casing, which form side walls for said cushion,said cushion ring being received between the flanges 29 and 3 5.

The mouth of the vessel preferably protrudes upwardly through theflange29 of the neck of the vessel. A cushion is disposed between. the bottomof the vessel and the bottom of the casing, instanced as a conicalspiral spring 41 upon which there is a cushion pad 42, which may, forinstance, be a piece of felt, the inner vessel resting upon the cushionpad. When the casing portions are threaded together, pressure isexertedupon the lower cushion and upon the thimble 31 and cushion .ring36 for securing the vessel within the casing;

Inner cups are received about the mouth of the vessel, these cups beingshown as a nest of cups'45, 46, and 47, each of which is provided withan annular bead 48 at its "of the casing. When the outer cup is screwedin place. it firmly secures the inner cups in place. A suitable numberof these lnner cups may be employed, their mouthends being received in.the annular space above the shoulder 27 between the. reducedv upperportion 28 of the neck of the casing and the inner face of the outercup, the said space being sufliciently large to accommodate a number ofthe beaded mouths of the cu s. ne k of the casing and the outer cup issufficiently long in the axial direction of the bottle to clampselective. numbers of the inner cups between the normal bottom of 'theouter cup and said shoulder.

If desired, the nest of cups may be formed up of cups of equal sizes anddimensions, an exemplification of which is instanced in Fig. 3, in whichthe cup parts are identified by similar but primed reference numerals.W'hen forming the nest of cups in this man ner, 'I prefer to give theinner cups a more conical form than the form illustrated in Fig. 1, andalso preferably correspondingly form the outer cup 49 an exemplificationof which is found in Fig. 3.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. The combination of a frangible doublewalled vessel having aheat-insulation between the walls thereof and comprising a body portionand a neck-portion, a casing therefor comprising a body-portion and aneck-portion received respectively about said body-portion and saidneck-portion of said double-walled vessel, said neck-portion of saidcasing comprising a threaded portion, a shoulder above said threadedportion and a reduced portion above said shoulder spaced from saidfirst-named neck-portion and having an inwardly extending flange at itsupper end, a thimble received inside said threaded portion about saidneck-portion of said double-walled vessel and arranged to be pressedtoward said inwardly extending flange by endwise pressure on saidfrangible vessel, a compressible gasket in the space be tween saidreduced portion and said firstnamed neck-portion, said gasket locatedbetween said thimble and said flange, means exerting said endwisepressure between said frangible vessel and said inwardly extendingflange whereby to press said thimble and said inwardly extending flangetoward each A other to compress said gasket, a cup, and

complemental securing means for said cup and said threaded portion.

2. The combination of a frangible double walled vessel having aheat-insulation between the walls thereof and comprising a body-portionand a neck-portion, a casing therefor comprising a body-portion and aneck-portion received respectively about said body-portion and saidneck-portion of said double-walled vessel, said neck ortion of saidcasing'comprisin a threade portion, a shoulder above said t readedportion and a reduced portion abovesaid shoulder having an inwardlyextending flange at its upper The threaded portion between the end, athimble received inside said threaded portion about said neck-portion ofsaid double-walled vessel and arranged to be pressed toward saidinwardly extending flange by endwise pressure on said,frangible vessel,said first-named neck-portion protruding upwardly through said flange, acompressible gasket between said thimble and said flange, means exertingsaid endwise pressure between said frangible vessel and said inward yextending flange whereby to press said thimble and said inwardlyextending flange toward each other to compress said gasket, an inner cupon said shoulder about said reduced portion, an outer cup about saidinner cup, and complemental se curing means for said outer cup and saidthreaded portion, said neck-portion protruding upwardly through saidflange, said shoulder and said reduced portion forming positioning meansfor a cup, and a cup about said inner cup having a threaded portioncomplemental to said first-named threaded portion.

3. The combination of an inner vessel provided with a neck-portion, acasing therefor provided with a neck-portion received about saidneck-portion of said inner vessel, said neck-portion of said casinghaving outer threads at its lower portion and a shoulder at the upperend of said threaded portion, inner cups received in selective numbersrelatively telescopingly upon said shoulder, an outer cup received overselective numbers of said inner cups, and complemental securing meansfor said outer cup and said outer threads of said neck-portion of saidcasing, arranged to press selective numbers of said inner cups upon saidshoulder by coactionbetween said complemental securing meansand saidouter threads of said neck-portion of said casing.

4. The combination of a vessel-casing provided with outer threads, ashoulder at the upper end of said threads, and a reduced portion abovesaid shoulder, telescoping cups provided with outer heads at theirmouths, said beads superposed when said cups are telescoped, and anouter cup having its mouth-end provided with inner threads 00- actingwith said first-named threads, said telescoping cups received upon saidshoulder with said superposed beads located between said reduced portionand said outer cup and supportedby said shoulder'when said parts areassembled.

' 5. The combination of an inner vessel pro vided with a breast and aneck, a casing therefor provided with a neck received about said neck ofsaid inner vessel, said neck of said casing comprising an annularinwardly extending shoulder adjacent its upper end, a reduced annularupward extension extending upwardly from said shoulder, and an inwardlyextending annular flange at the upper end of said reduced upwardextension, said reduced annular upward extension spaced from said neckof said inner vessel by an annular space, a thimble received about saidneck of said inner vessel, the lower end of said thimble positioned bysaid breast, the upper end of said thimble provided with a laterallyextending flange, an annular cushion in said annular space between saidflanges, and means causing axial compressive movement between saidbreast and said inwardly extending annular flange whereby to compresssaid annular cushion between said inwardly extending annular flange andsaid laterally extending flange, and between said reduced upwardextension and said neck of said inner vessel.

6. The combination of an inner vessel provided with a breast and a neck,a casing therefor provided with a neck received about said neck of saidinner vessel and a bottom, said neck of said casing comprising outerthreads at its lower portion, an annular inwardly extending shoulder atthe upper end of said threads, a reduced annular upward extensionextending upwardly from said shoulder and an inwardly extending annularflange at the upper end of said upward extension, said reduced annularupward extension spaced from said neck of said inner vessel by anannular space, a thimble received about said neck of said inner vessel,the lower end of said thimble positioned by said breast, the upper endof said thimble provided with a laterally extending flange, an annularcushion in said annular space between said flanges, a cup provided withinternal threads coacting with said first-named threads, cushioningmeans between said inner vessel and said bottom coacting with saidannular cushion, said neck and said bottom of said casing havingcomplemental connecting means between them causing axial compressivemovement on said lastnamed cushioning means and between said breast andsaid inwardly extending annular flange, whereby to compress said annularcushion between said inwardly extending annular flange and saidlaterally extending flange and between said reduced upward extension andsaid neck of said inner vessel.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE P. ALTENBERG. Witnesses:

M. F. HAWKINS, DAWSON E. BRADLEY.

